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Monday, May 18, 2015

The growing trend of multiple diseases

We are beginning to see a very disturbing phenomenon with
respect to our health.

The emergence of multiple chronic conditions.

No longer is someone unfortunate enough to have a condition
like arthritis OR heart disease OR diabetes.

People are instead walking around with ALL three, and then
some!

Let’s take a closer look at why diseases are spiraling out
of control, and how you can help prevent your number from coming up in the
multiple disease lottery.

Where there was
one…there are more

The possibilities of multiple diseases can run the gamut and
they’re crossing bodily systems.

We’re seeing a digestive
condition like acid reflux with a cardiovascular
condition like atherosclerosis plus an endocrine
condition like hypothyroidism.

And two out of three of us are overweight or obese too!

Plus what’s really throwing a spin on this is autoimmune
diseases. There have been about 80 of
them identified so far, with more on the horizon.

The challenge with an autoimmune disease is the fact that
your body’s disease prevention and protection system (your immune system) goes haywire and instead begins attacking your
healthy cells.

So you are not only without the protection of your immune
system, but it’s also out and out harming you.

The instigators

Although there are countless factors behind the development
of disease, there are two very significant instigators that are behind the
scenes with most diseases:

Chronic inflammation and circulating immune complexes!

Let’s take a closer look at both.

Inflammation—lighting fires of disease

The first thing to understand is that inflammation is not
always bad.

Inflammation is part of your body’s healing system. When you get injured or sick, inflammation is
created to direct your body’s “healing crew” (immune cells, cholesterol, blood
clotting agents and nutrients) to the troubled area.

The problem arises when inflammation becomes chronic—then it’s firing away on all
cylinders and crosses the line of becoming more harmful than helpful.

When your body is in a state of chronic inflammation, it
cannot heal itself as well. It can’t
effectively use vitamins and minerals, so you begin to suffer the consequences
of poor nutrition.

Your immune system is weakened so you become a magnet for
colds, infections and viruses. And you
become an ideal environment for tumor cells to thrive.

Chronic inflammation is a significant factor behind all of
these conditions:

Allergies

Asthma

Diabetes

Arthritis and joint disease

Atherosclerosis and heart disease

Cancer

Inflammatory bowel disease

Crohn’s disease

Circulating immune complexes—the neighborhood bully

Circulating immune complexes (CICs) are poorly digested food
molecules that “bully” their way into your bloodstream through the intestinal
wall.

Since these molecules are not broken down properly to be
used as nourishment, they instead cruise through the bloodstream and taunt your
immune system. Your immune system sees
these “bullies” as enemies, and eventually it can start overreacting against
them.

This is how food sensitivities are created. Plus CICs are also a primary trigger behind
fibromyalgia.

It’s also what’s going on with autoimmune conditions. The
immune system is taunted to the point where it cannot decipher between what’s
part of you versus what’s a dangerous
invader.

Inflammation &
autoimmunity—partners in crime!

Unfortunately people are starting to suffer the consequences
from both chronic inflammation AND autoimmunity.

For example, people with Crohn’s disease (an autoimmune
condition) are far more likely to have arthritis (an inflammatory
condition)—about 30 percent of the people with Crohn’s develop arthritis.

The great news in this grim prospect of multiple chronic
conditions is that you can do a whole lot to help counteract the disease
instigators.

Here are the crucial steps you can take to fight chronic
disease—and win!

1- Have a healthy diet that your body can efficiently digest

This is step one. If
you don’t have a diet of nutritious foods, forget it. Your body will suffer as a result of
both the nutrients it’s NOT getting,
plus also from having to deal with the toxins, chemicals and other garbage from
the non-nutritious foods it IS getting.

Plus if you don’t have efficient digestion, you can be
setting the stage for CICs to bully their way through your gut wall.

Both systems show you how to create nutritious meals
featuring real foods that are not
only scrumptious, but are also a snap to prepare and much easier for your system to digest.

When your system can more effectively break down your foods,
not only can you have less trouble with heartburn, acid reflux, gas and
bloating, but you help ensure that your foods are small enough when they're absorbed so they don't taunt your immune
system.

2- Probiotic supplementation

Probiotics have been shown to help counteract a leaky gut
wall, plus they help digest certain foods.

One of Super Shield's strains, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus,
helps to strengthen gut-barrier function and has been shown to have a
beneficial impact on autoimmune conditions as well as constipation, diarrhea
and IBS symptoms.

Plus Super Shield's 12 other strains will help keep your gut
flora in proper balance, encouraging the formation of more anti-inflammatory immune
cells.

Note: Be sure to talk to your doctor about probiotics if you
are on immunosuppressive medication for an autoimmune condition.

3- Omega-3 essential fatty acids

Chronic inflammation is a serious factor behind many
conditions and diseases.

What can make inflammation even worse is when you have an imbalance of Omega-6 and Omega-3
essential fatty acids, with too many Omega-6 EFAs and too few Omega-3s.

In addition to eating natural sources of Omega-3 like fatty
fish, walnuts and flax seeds, you can help replenish your Omega-3 supply with a
pharmaceutical-grade Omega-3 supplement like VitalMega-3.

VitalMega-3 is a potent fish oil formula that delivers 1,000
mg. of the necessary EPA and DHA essential fatty acids in every daily 2-capsule
serving.

Help change YOUR
future!

If you want your future to be full of vibrant health, then
you need to do as much as you can to help create that state of health.

And a big step in the right direction is to right back
against the two main disease instigators—inflammation and circulating immune
complexes.